Experimental mate-removal increases the stress response of female house sparrows: The effects of offspring value?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-401

  Lendvai, Ádám Zoltán ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood value; Corticosterone; Life history; Mate removal; Parental care; Stress response modulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW; STRESS; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 39049171025     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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